The Fair Work Ombudsman will prosecute the operators of an Eagle Boys pizza outlet in regional New South Wales for allegedly paying its employees just AU$9 an hour. Facing court is Stacborn Pty Ltd, which runs an Eagle Boys franchise at Cessnock. Court documents allege the company underpaid 17 delivery drivers and two shop assistants a total of AU$48,905 between October, 2008 and June, 2010. Five of the staff were under 18 at the time. The delivery drivers were allegedly paid a flat rate of AU$9... ...Read more »

Concerns continue to arise about the administration of food safety enforcement in the State of Victoria. Australian Food News recently reported (21 December 2011) the calls made for an official investigation into poor food safety administration by the Victorian government.  In the article, Managing Principal of food-specialist law firm FoodLegal, Joe Lederman, stated that there was a “serious lack of co-ordination” in Victoria that had resulted in “every council seemingly doing its own thing”... ...Read more »

Australian restaurant chain Eagle Boys has launched what it claims to be Australia’s first profiterole pizza, the ‘Profiterizza’. Eagle Boys CEO Todd Clayton said, “At Eagle Boys we’ve focused on developing a real taste menu made from flavoursome ingredient combinations. We know our customers are always looking for something different to satisfy their tastebuds. The Profiterizza contains Bavarian custard, strawberries, chocolate fudge and patisserie crème filled profiteroles. Eagle Boys... ...Read more »

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited CEO Don Meij has announced plans to open 30 to 40 new stores in Australia over the next six months. Combined with plans to employ more team members across its 474 existing stores in Australia, the publicly-listed pizza chain expects to create more than 2,500 employment opportunities in the next four months. Mr Meij said the company had kicked off the 2011/12 financial year with solid same store sales growth and its stores are requiring more drivers and pizza makers... ...Read more »

Australia’s largest pizza company Domino’s Pizza announced today that it will display kilojoules content details on all its menus nationally. In a statement released today, CEO Don Meij said that the introduction of kilojoules counts on its menu boards, online ordering site and mobile devices was a positive step towards offering customers greater choice. The news comes just days after Australian fast food chain Hungry Jacks made a similar announcement. “We are serious about ensuring our customers... ...Read more »

This weekend is huge for Australian football with the NRL grand final on Sunday 2 October, the last pool game in the Rugby World Cup and the AFL grand final on Saturday 1 October. And while footy fever sweeps the nation, Eagle Boys Pizza, Australia’s second largest pizza company is preparing for a spike in sales. Eagle Boys CEO Todd Clayton said the franchise is expecting to make more than 100,000 pizzas over the weekend, increasing sales by over 20 per cent.  Read More →

Australian pizza group Pizza Capers, after opening its 100th store, has announced another 100 outlets in the pipeline, with further expansion into South-East Asia, and plans to start stores in the US and Europe. The company has opened its 100th store in Mackay in Central Queensland, bringing the number of Pizza Capers stores in Australia to 99. The company also has a store in Singapore in South East Asia. Fifteen outlets are company-owned and eighty-five are franchised, and a further thirty new stores... ...Read more »

German food group Dr Oetker has admitted it has had a “sluggish” start to 2011 with all its business lines – apart from chilled products – “falling below target”. The company, which makes products from baking ingredients to pizza, reflected on the first months of 2011 after reporting its sales figures for 2010. Dr Oetker booked an almost 9% rise in turnover for 2010, as sales grew at home and abroad. The Ristorante and Chicago Town pizza maker said it would not... ...Read more »

Australia’s second largest pizza maker, Eagle Boys Pizza yesterday (Thursday, 24 March) cooked up Australia’s largest ‘out of the box’ sculpture, made entirely out of Eagle Boys pizza boxes and packaging. Brisbane’s King George Square came alive as sculptors Rodd Brennan & Crew transformed over 5000 Eagle Boys’ pizza boxes and packaging into a 3.25m2 pizza box sculpture to launch the franchisor’s new gourmet pizza range. Complete with eight slices of... ...Read more »

Australian pizza chain La Porchetta has announced the launch of a branded iPhone app, created by software development company itakeaway, as well as a multi-platform launch on itakeaway’s own apps. Using itakeaway’s technology, La Porchetta will be rolling out the system through more than 70 La Porchetta locations, in both Australia and New Zealand, to increase ordering and efficiency. In addition to its own branded iPhone app, launching April 1st, La Porchetta will incorporate the itakeaway... ...Read more »